Nursing Associate

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated Registered Nursing Associate  (Band 4) to join our stroke service on the Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit at York Hospital.

Over the past 20 years stroke care has changed dramatically.  Stroke is now treated as a medical emergency, where time is brain, and our service has developed to reflect this.

Our service comprises of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team that deliver evidence-based patient centred care along our stroke pathway, from admission through to discharge to the community.

Direct admission of patients via the emergency department, GP referral or inpatient areas onto our 26 bedded Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit.  The Band 6 Hyper Acute Stroke Nurses offer a nurse led 24/7 clinical assessment service for Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy for individuals across the populations of York, Scarborough a proportion of Harrogate.

Our stroke service is measured nationally by the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme and works with a multi professional focus on continuous improvement.

We offer an educational package and competency framework for registered nurses coupled with bespoke educational days to support your development.  All staff are supported and encouraged to develop their individual interests within stroke care, your professional development is important to us.

Main duties of the job

As a Nursing Associate you will:

• Be responsible for direct patient care, adhering to own professional standards as outlined by the NMC. While supervised by the Registered Band 5 team.
• Assess of patient care needs, and implementation of individualised care planning and then evaluation of planned care. Updating of patient specific risk assessments using the trust electronic recording systems, ensuring accurate, contemporaneous documentation standards are followed.
• Be responsible for the supervision and direction of junior staff, health care support workers and delegation of appropriate tasks for direct patient care.
• Support student nurses with their learning and act as assessor/supervisor during their ward-based learning.
• Maintain effective communication with all members of the multi- professional team attending board rounds liaising with the team to provide patient centred care and interventions. Effective and empathetic communication with patients and relatives to ensure accurate, compassionate information is shared appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Work within the trust standard of behaviours/trust values and maintain healthy working relationships within the ward team.

If you are interested in stroke care and want to be part of this busy, dynamic, innovative research active stroke service then we would love you to join our successful team.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY. Remote interviews will not be available.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers.  This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.